Tenant Tales and Reseller Realities: Inside the FCRA Arena With Eric Ellman — FCRA Focus Podcast
Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
A Guide to Running Background Checks: What's the Tea in L&E?
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
FCRA Regulatory Year in Review — FCRA Focus Podcast
Introducing the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review Series: A Look at What’s to Come — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
Recent Developments in California's Arbitration Landscape — FCRA Focus Podcast
The FHA's Impact on Consumer Reporting Agencies – FCRA Focus Podcast
Breaking Down Credit Reporting With Credit Builders Alliance — FCRA Focus Podcast
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part II
The Fair Credit Billing Act: Key Insights and Practical Tips — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Kirtz Decision: FCRA and Government Liability Unpacked — FCRA Focus Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
2024 Regulatory Hot Topics
The FTC Enforces the Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has been a notoriously active area for litigation, especially class-action litigation, in recent years. One issue that continues to be litigated in FCRA cases involving data furnisher...more
On May 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed in part an individual plaintiff’s appeal and otherwise affirmed the district court. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendant violated the FCRA by...more
On January 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court’s decision in a debt dispute under the FDCPA. The plaintiff alleged the defendant, a debt collector, violated the FDCPA by...more
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision holding that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) preempted the plaintiff’s state law defamation claim based on information furnished to a...more
Welcome to the Major US Supreme Court and Appellate Cases chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The Supreme Court continues to take a close look at major...more
On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the plain text of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) operates as a waiver of sovereign immunity, widening the circuit split on this issue. ...more
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit answered a critical inquiry in the False Claims Act (“FCA”) context: does a defendant violate the FCA when it’s reading of the regulation is objectionably...more
On January 25, in United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Allergan, No. 20-2330 (4th Cir., Jan. 25, 2022), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower-court dismissal of a False Claims Act (FCA) case...more
[co-author: David Anthony] In 2020, the appellate courts had numerous opportunities to weigh in on many unanswered questions that remain in litigation after over 50 years since the statute was first enacted. The case law...more
Anthony v. TRAX Int’l Corp., No. 18-15662, 2020 WL 1898843 (9th Cir. Apr. 17, 2020) - Summary: An employer may use after-acquired evidence to show that a plaintiff is not a qualified individual under the Americans with...more